BAY COUNTY, MI – The Bay City School Board met recently to evaluate superintendent Doug Newcombe, awarding him high marks in a variety of categories.

The board met Monday, March 11 to conduct Newcombe’s evaluation.

Newcombe “met or exceeded expectations” in each of the following categories: relationship with the board, community relations, staff relationships, business and finance, educational leadership, personal qualities, board goals and student achievements as it relates to state guidelines.

“The board commended the Superintendent for his staff and community relations, straightforward manner and commitment to improving student achievement in the district,” the board said in a prepared statement.

Newcombe said he was pleased with his evaluation.

“I was very humbled by the evaluation,” said Newcombe, who was hired as superintendent in May 2010 after Carolyn Wierda retired. “I was very thankful to the board.”

But Newcombe doesn’t believe all the credit should be given to him.

“I look at the evaluation as something for the entire school staff,” he said. “I think the evaluation in my mind is really about them and the great work they do.”